Japan Shuri castle fire: blaze engulfs revered world heritage site
Fire spread quickly through 600-year-old site dating back to Ryukyu kingdom in Okinawa
A fire has swept through a historic castle on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa , destroying much of a structure that had come to symbolise the ancient Ryukyu kingdom and the island’s recovery from the second world war.
Flames engulfed Shuri castle, a Unesco world heritage site located in the island’s capital Naha, at around 2:40 am and quickly spread to other buildings in the complex, local police said.
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